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B. SCHULTZ.

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APPLICATION FILED 0m. :1, 191?.

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B. SCHULTZ.

WAIST.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. ll, I9II.

Patented Dec. 24, 1918.

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ms mum. PEYER BERNARDSCHULTZ, 0F WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO B. SCHULTZ & (10., 0F WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A FIRM.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1918.

Application filed October 11, 1917. Serial No. 195,905.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD SoHULTz, a citizen of the United States, residing at city of lVorcester, county of Worcester, and State of Mass, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I/Vaists, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to novel improvements in ladies waists and has for its object to provide an elastic peplum upon a waist adapted to eliminate a source of trouble and annoyance therein and to secure for the wearer a satisfactory fit.

Most women do not have perfect figures, and in order to make an adjustment to their waist line they must ordinarily rip the belt to free the gathers, in order to make it larger, but in most cases, the belt is too short to allow this alteration and there is great difliculty to extend it. Again, even if a lady obtains a perfect fit in an ordinary waist she still has not the advantage present in a waist provided with my improved or elastic peplum, because when occasioned to raise her arms, the waist creeps out of the skirt at the belt line.

The leading feature of my invention consists in providing novel means for securing perfect adjustment of the waist about the wearer at the waist line and to provide means for preventing the waist from drawing out of the skirt in obtaining this adj ustment.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the combination, arrangement, and details of construction disclosed in the drawings and specification and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings wherein similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout the respective views,

Figure 1 is an elevation of the old style of waist.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a waist embodying my improvements.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 6 is a section on line 66 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings which are merely illustrative of my invention, the old style of waist is shown in the Figs. 1 and 2 and is designated 1. This waist is formed with a fold 2 upon one of its side edges. A belt 3 is secured at the lower edge of the waist and is adapted to have its ends secured in any desirable manner. Such a waist only has one adjustment about the figure of the wearer and should the wearer raise her arms the belt would tend to creep out of the skirt. I

To eliminate this shortcoming I have devised an improvement illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6. 5 designates a fold formed upon each of the side edges of the waist 5 and it extends down toward the lower waist line of the waist. A peplum 6 has its upper edge or portion arranged to engage the lower front side 7 of the main body portion 5 of the waist. A fabric strip or belt 9 is arranged against the rear lower side 7 of the waist and is adapted to form a pocket extending coextensively with the belt, the ends of the pocket being open. In order to close the ends of the pocket, the end portions of the peplum 6 are folded back around the ends of the belt so as to prevent the displacement of an elastic band 10 fitting in said pocket. This elastic band 10 is slightly lesser in length than the belt in which the pocket is formed so that the belt is crimped and will readily expand around the waist line or figure of the wearer and thus give perfect adjustment to the wearer. Stitches 11 secure the lower edge of the belt and said peplum 6 against the main body portion of said waist, while stitches 12 secure the upper edge of said strip and the outer edge of said peplum against said waist 5. In order to secure the folded portion 8 of the peplum in position against the main body portion of the peplum stitches 13 are employed and run transversely of the belt so as to secure the peplum, strip, and band 11 and fold 8 together. In this way the terminal portions of both the elastic band and the belt are rendered inelastic, so that a button hole 14 may be formed through the waist, belt, elastic band peplum, upon one of these terminals, and the fold 8 of said peplum while a button 15 is secured to the other non-elastic terminal of the belt.

It will thus be seen that the peplum forms an extension of the waist below the belt and elastic band and it will be understood that this pepliun goes inside the skirt about five inches, thereby preventing the waist from drawing out, especially when the belt is placed under expansion to adjust the waist to the figure of the wearer, as in this case there is a tendency for the peplum to be raised.

Numerous modifications may be secured in practice without departing in principle from the details of construction disclosed herein.

What I desire protection on and claim 1s The combination with a waist thereof of peplum, forming a waist extension below the waist line thereof, said body portion consisting of intersecurable sides, a belt secured at one edge upon the lower edge of said body portion and at another edge is secured thereto above its lower edge so as to provide a pocket open at its opposite Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

ends, an elastic band of a lesser length than said belt, fitting said pocket, the opposite end portions of said peplum being folded around the open ends of the pocket of said belt so as to fold back over the ends of said band, stitches extending transversely of said peplum and lengthwise of said waist and securing'the folded sides of said pepluin upon the latter and across said belt and elastic band so as to provide non-elastic terminals upon said belt, oneof said nonelastic terminals having a button hole and a button secured upon the other terminal and adapted to engage in said button hole. L

In testimony whereof I have aiiiXed my signature 1n presence of two wltnesses.

BERNARD SCHULTZ.

Witnesses MARGARET E. MURPHY, PHILIP H. SCHULTZ.

Washington, D. G. 

